Commissioned by Seattle Symphony, the newest composition by Agata Zubel, entitled In the Shade of an Unshed Tear for orchestra, will be performed on October 27 at the Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA. The world premiere will be conducted by Ludovic Morlot, and will receive an encore performance on October 29. The program also includes two pivotal works that…Continue Reading Zubel Premiere
The world premiere of Orpheus and Euridice by Mikołaj Górecki will be presented during this year’s Tansman Festival on October 16 in Polish Radio’s Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio in Warsaw. The composer characterizes the work as a “piece reflected in three sections, corresponding to the key moments in a drama Orpheus: Orpheus lament the death of Eurydice, Orpheus’ journey to the land of…Continue Reading Warsaw Premieres by M. and H.M. Górecki
On October 13, the “Krakowska Jesień” Festival will present the world premiere performance of Marta Ptaszyńska‘s Pink Magic (Songs of Sappho) for flute and string trio. It will be performed by flutist Iwona Glinka with Oriana Masternak – violin, Maria Dutka – viola, and Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska – cello. The piece and the performance is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture…Continue Reading Ptaszyńska World Premiere in Kraków
On October 2 as a part of Sacrum-Profanum Festival in Kraków, Marcin Stańczyk’s new work some drops…for trumpet and ensemble will have its world premiere, performed by Marco Blaauw on trumpet with Ensemble Musikfabrik under the baton of Diego Masson. During this performance, audience members will don blindfolds while the musicians saunter around the room, producing elementary sounds to create a spatial “illusion…Continue Reading Stańczyk Premiere
Los Angeles area pianist Anna von Urbans and Kordian Góra, Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Music in Gdansk, will perform Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, and Lutoslawski: Paganini Variations at the Los Angeles County Art Museum (LACMA) on September 18. Sunday, September 25, 2016 | 6:00 pm Gershwin, Stravinsky and Lutoslawski Duo-Piano Recital LACMA, Bing…Continue Reading Lutosławski on Duo-Piano Recital in LA
On September 4, the Polish Chamber Choir will present a concert called “Nowowiejski, Pałłasz, Bloch” at the Polish Radio Witold Lutosławski Studio in Warsaw with conductor Jan Łukaszewski. The program includes choral works of notable Polish composers: Teka Białowieska by Feliks Nowowiejski, Anenaiki, Exaltabo te, Et by Augustyn Bloch and Two Songs by Edward Pałłasz with lyrics by Osip Mandelsztam. Established in 1978, the…Continue Reading Polish Chamber Choir All-Polish Program
The Baltic Sea Festival (August 28–September 4, 2016) was founded in 2003 by Michael Tydén, former director of Berwaldhallen in Stockholm, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor and composer, Valery Gergiev, conductor and director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. The Baltic Sea Festival operates in three main areas in order to create a better future for the Baltic Sea…Continue Reading Polish Music in Stockholm
To be held October 13-14, 2016, No End is a two-day special conference celebrating the continuing impact of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s film legacy while commemorating twenty years since his untimely death at the age of 54. It is co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Department of French and Italian at the University of…Continue Reading Kieslowski Call for Papers
The VI National Witold Lutosławski Competition for Young Composers will take place at the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Centre in Białystok, Poland from September 4-8, 2016. Competition organizers say: “It is a unique musical event in the country, it is comparable only with the International G. Fitelberg Conducting Competition in Katowice.” Prize winners from…Continue Reading National Lutosławski Competition for Composers
The world premiere of Zygmunt Krauze’s Poem of Apollinaire for speaking pianist and 12 instruments took place in Warsaw on June 26, performed by Orkest de ereprijs with the composer at the piano under the baton of Wim Boerman. The piece was commissioned by the Association of Polish Composers [Związek Kompozytorów Polskich] and was staged during the Concert…Continue Reading Krauze Recent and Upcoming Premieres